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Chapter 253 How to defend
"Tony, you don't need to worry about anything else. You have only one task, and that is to entangle Kobe on the opposite side. Don't give him any chance to run out of the open space, and don't leave him any space to shoot."

"Yan, Serge, the two of you must pay attention to Kobe's running position, and be ready to defend Tony at any time. When necessary, you can also flank Kobe."

After Yan Hua blasted Andrew Bynum, and Kobe Bryant was entangled by Tony Allen, and the offensive efficiency was greatly reduced, the King quickly took advantage of the field after the start of the game. The Lakers were suppressed on both ends of the offense and defense. Therefore, after the end of the first quarter, Kings coach Reggie Toyce took advantage of the gap between the main lineup and the off-court rest. Arrange tactics one by one, and what needs to be paid attention to when entering the game next.

In today's game, the start of the Kings was fantastic. At the end of the first quarter, the Kings in the away game led the Lakers by 31 points 24 to 7. The reason why the Kings were able to establish In addition to Yan Hua blasting the Lakers inside on both ends of the offense and defense, Tony Allen's excellent restraint of Kobe Bryant also contributed a lot.

Kobe Bryant is the first scorer of the Lakers, and it is also the end point of the Lakers' triangle offensive tactics. If you pinch Kobe, it is tantamount to pinching the Lakers' tactical system. Te's defense is far from completely pinched, but Kobe's offensive threat has been minimized by Tony Allen. In the entire 12-minute game of the first quarter, Kobe, the Lakers' leading scorer, -Bryant, only took 5 shots and made 2 of them. From this we can also see Tony Allen's contribution on the defensive end today.

On the defensive end, due to Tony Allen's restrictions on Kobe, the Lakers have not been able to play a smooth triangle offense. In the first quarter of the game, whether it was one-on-one singles against Andrew Bynum or Pau Gasol, Yan Hua maintained a very high shooting rate, low-post singles, and long-range hooks near the free throw line. Basically, it's how you play, so Reggie Toyes always emphasizes defense when arranging tactics, without making any changes to the offensive end.

If you don't double-team, I will keep hitting Yan Hua until you vomit and until you double-team. However, after Yan Hua has mastered the Skyhook skill, even if the Lakers want to double-team Yan Hua, they can't do it. It’s not that easy anymore. After all, skyhooks are completely different from low-post attacks. This type of attack basically doesn’t need to be adjusted much, and it doesn’t require such a complicated and cumbersome process as Dream’s footsteps. The shorter the adjustment time and the faster the shot, the harder it is for the defender to double-team.

After Reggie Troyce's tactical arrangement was over, the bench lineups of both sides also began to walk off the court. The bench lineup led by Andres Nosinho and Jrue Holiday withstood the Lakers' counterattack , helping the Kings maintain a 6-point lead when the official timeout in the second quarter.

"Charles, what adjustments do you think the Kings and the Lakers will make after the main lineup is on the court?" Looking at the Lakers bench on the sidelines, Phil Jackson is taking advantage of the timeout to put several main players on the bench. The players all pulled to their side, holding the tactical board and marking pens to write and draw on it. After repeatedly emphasizing something, Kenny Smith, who was sitting in the commentary booth, also started talking to Charles Barkley. Guess what adjustments both the Kings and the Lakers, and of course Phil Jackson, will make after the main lineups of both sides reappear.

"The Kings are now in the lead, and they are performing very well on both ends of the offense and defense, so basically they will not make any adjustments. As for the Lakers, they will definitely strengthen their defense against Yan Hua. And how to liberate Kobe and make adjustments.” After hearing Kenny Smith’s question, Charles Barkley thought about it pretending to be profound, and then gave his answer.

In Charles Barkley's view, if the Lakers want to reverse the unfavorable situation on the court, they can only start from the two aspects of restricting Yanhua and liberating Kobe. Well, screens are also fine, and Kobe can always find opportunities to attack. As long as Kobe can open up, the Lakers' offense will be no problem.But how to restrict Yan Hua is a big problem for the Lakers. It is already a certainty that Yan Hua cannot be defended one-on-one, and a simple double-team means a bigger defensive loophole. Yan Hua's support Ability and passing ability, but very good.

While Charles Barkley was still discussing with Kenny Smith what kind of changes Phil Jackson would make, the main players of the Lakers who had already appeared in the first round of the game restarted. They came up with their answer, which is to short Tony Allen, let Pau Gasol shrink inside, and cooperate with Andrew Bynum to double-team Yan Hua.

After Tony Allen, who was holding the ball at the top of the arc, was emptied, Yan Hua, who was originally on the left side of the paint area and Andrew Bynum, quickly moved up to the free throw line area and made a posture ready to catch the ball , In the first quarter of the game, Yan Hua repeatedly shot Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol here, so when Yan Hua moved towards the free throw line, whether it was Andrew who was with Yan Hua- Bynum and Pau Gasol, who was still hovering around and ready to double-team Yan Hua at any time, all followed Yan Hua to the top of the arc.

After Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol all followed Yan Hua out of the basket, Tony Allen, who was in an unguarded state, quickly started and accelerated, taking the basketball directly from Pau Gasol Passed by the side of the Lakers all the way to the Lakers' basket and scored an easy layup.

"It seems that this guy has a countermeasure!" After Tony Allen made a layup, Phil Jackson, who was sitting on the sidelines bench, chewed the gum in his mouth and looked not far away. Reggie Troyes standing on the sidelines.

Double-teaming Yan Hua and emptying Tony Allen are the problems that the Kings often encountered in the first two rounds of the playoffs. Allen's playing time was replaced by other guards with good shots, but judging from the round just now, the Kings actually have a solution, and what Reggie Troyes did in the previous two rounds, in the Philippine From Phil Jackson's point of view, it is estimated that he deliberately sold his flaws to make the opponent behind him useless. Thinking of Phil Jackson here, when he looked at Reggie Troyes again, the contempt in his eyes , and completely disappeared.

As for Reggie Toyce, who was standing on the sidelines with his hands folded across his chest, he seemed to have a calm expression on his face, but his palms were already sweating nervously. Ray Bird is a player, a coach, a general manager, a genius who can do everything, as long as he takes over, he can learn by himself without a teacher, so starting from becoming the head coach of the Kings, in addition to eating, sleeping, training, and games, Ray Bird For the rest of the time, Ji-Toyes is almost buried in the video room, watching game videos and studying team tactics, in order to be able to lead the Kings forward, because the stronger the king, the higher the combat effectiveness, Reggie -The greater the pressure on Toyce, I am afraid that one day the players under his command or the management will suddenly tell him: "Reggie, it is a pity that your leadership ability does not match the strength of our team, so you It's time to abdicate and make way for the virtuous."

Always holding the attitude of walking on thin ice, and after a season of painstaking research with his assistants, Reggie Toyes is also constantly improving every small loophole in the King's tactical system, including how to increase the difficulty of double-teaming the opponent, How to make them unable to go back after double-teaming, and how to deal with Tony Allen being emptied, all of the above, Reggie Troyes has now found a strategy to deal with it, and won in this game. Come out and try your hand at something, but also give Phil Jackson and his Lakers a surprise.

After Yan Hua mastered the skyhook and expanded his shooting range to all areas near the free throw line, the Kings had more details to adjust on the offensive end, and the biggest change for the Kings was undoubtedly Tony Allen The problem of being emptied is easily solved. The opponent emptied Tony Allen, which must shrink the basket and strengthen the defense against Yan Hua. At this time, Yan Hua only needs to pull down from the basket to the area on the side of the free throw line. All the problems, It's not a problem. With Tony Allen unguarded and an empty basket, if the Lakers insist on emptying Tony Allen, it will undoubtedly be sending points.

The change on the defensive end didn't have any effect, instead, there were new problems that needed to be solved, but Phil Jackson didn't rush to call a timeout, but was preparing to wait for the Lakers' offense to end before making a decision. The changes at both ends didn't work, so Phil Jackson had to call a timeout.

Offensive and defensive transition. After Kobe Bryant arrived in the frontcourt, he changed his off-ball tactics in the previous game and stopped directly at the top left of the arc. It seemed that he was ready to attack with the ball. After Tony Allen discovered what Kobe was trying to do, and started to defend Kobe, Kobe quickly took a step back. After being blocked by Tony Allen, he leaned sideways to defend himself. Lun.

After Tony Allen was leaned on by Kobe, Derek Fisher, who held the ball at the top of the arc, quickly passed the basketball in his hand to Kobe Bryant. Yan Hua set off a wave at the beginning of this season The storm of dreamy footsteps made everyone ignore Kobe's rapidly improving post-up singles. During the offseason of last season, Kobe also participated in Hakeem Olajuwon's training camp. Copy Olajuwon's fantasy footsteps to the NBA arena completely, but Kobe's post-up singles, among all the outside players in this league, can already be called a master level.

In a regular season game where the Lakers played away against the Rockets, when Kobe found Olajuwon sitting on the sidelines watching the game, in that game, Kobe played all kinds of back-up singles on the offensive end, using what he learned from Olajuwon. The footsteps that came, the mother who abused the Rockets didn't know her anymore, and said: "I will make Hakim proud of me."

Relying on his excellent defensive awareness and tireless running, Tony Allen hung on Kobe's body like a big lock, following Kobe and galloping all over the court. It was difficult for Kobe to connect the ball, but when Kobe backed Leaning against Tony Allen, after receiving a pass from his teammate, Tony Allen's big lock began to loosen. After shaking the top belt, he successfully found Kobe who had a mobile phone opportunity, and sacrificed his own The trick is a back-and-back jumper and an easy mid-range hit.

"It seems that Kobe has found a way to deal with Tony Allen." After Kobe successfully played Tony Allen in a post-up single, Kenny Smith, who was on the sidelines, nodded slightly.

"But this is not enough. If the Lakers want to get the score back, in addition to strengthening their offense, the defensive end must also be improved." Kobe's fadeaway jumper made the entire Staples Center crazy, but in Just ten seconds after Kobe hit his fadeaway jumper, the Kings responded offensively, making Kobe's efforts for naught.

In the attack just now, the Lakers still emptied Tony Allen as always, while Yan Hua still took Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol to the high post to give way to Tony Allen. When Tony Allen broke through with the ball, Pau Gasol, who was originally in charge of double-teaming Yan Hua, also left Yan Hua's side to defend Tony Allen.

However, just when Pau Gasol almost jumped in front of Tony Allen, Tony Allen, who was breaking through with the ball, suddenly passed the basketball horizontally and handed it to Yan Hua. Yan Hua, who passed the ball from Allen, hit Andrew Bynum's head with an easy hook, and the Staples Center, which was still full of jubilation just now, fell silent in an instant.

Although there was nothing he could do, Phil Jackson called a timeout directly after Yan Hua hit the hook, because after Yan Hua hit the hook, the Kings had obviously gained momentum. If it continues like this, the situation on the field will deteriorate to the point of being out of control within a few minutes.

"Defend, defend!" When Yan Hua hit a hook on Andrew Bynum's head, even Kareem Kareem, who was sitting on the sidelines, couldn't stand it anymore, slapped his thigh, and hated iron for being weak He yelled several times in a row, and personally trained his apprentice for several years. He was beaten terribly by a Ye Luzi with his own tricks. No one would f*ck stand it. If it weren't for considering his age, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wanted to yell to the field: "Little bastard, get down, let me go up and meet this guy."

(End of this chapter)